[thelist] Drop down menus using ASP

rudy r937 at interlog.com
Thu Feb 15 00:41:01 CST 2001


> ... is it also possible to pass whole recordsets
> from ASP to Javascript?

hi asif

sure, just populate javascript arrays

but to decide whether you do this in one step or two, you have to weigh the
pros and cons of a large download on the first retrieval

as aardvark said,
> the other option is to submit the form, and then let
> ASP populate the second menu based on what was
> entered in the first menu...

this would be the way to go if there are too many entries in *all* the
options chosen on the first dropdown to pre-populate the second (if you
know what i'm trying to say)

i think the tutorial that aardvark was thinking about which does it all in
javascript is

  Universal Related Popup Menus
  http://webreference.com/dev/menus/


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